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by rujasu
2 years ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Samwise the Stouthearted
Replies: 16690
Views: 1046327

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Dead Man's Chest

And then they need to have cards you actually want Honestly this might be the biggest problem. Drawing cards from your own deck is generally going to be much better than drawing them from your opponent's deck, especially non-land cards, especially in Commander where everyone is playing tribes/theme...
by rujasu
2 years ago
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Continued legality of random card packs into the future?
Replies: 4
Views: 2391

Re: Continued legality of random card packs into the future?

Trading cards have been around since the 19th century. They're not going anywhere.
by rujasu
3 years ago
Forum: Standard
Topic: Standard Meta Discussion
Replies: 65
Views: 22137

Re: Standard Meta Discussion

Getting back into Standard on Arena the past couple of weeks, and... format seems kinda good actually? Good diversity, all of the decks feel powerful but not unbeatable, and the games have felt fun. Thoughts?
by rujasu
3 years ago
Forum: The Break Room
Topic: professional wrestling
Replies: 13
Views: 4436

Re: professional wrestling

I was in an e-fed for a while! Reddit seems like a less-than-ideal venue for that, but I guess you gotta do it where there are people.
by rujasu
3 years ago
Forum: The Break Room
Topic: professional wrestling
Replies: 13
Views: 4436

Re: professional wrestling

Really enjoyed WCW and WWF in like 1998. Kept watching WWE and early TNA until about 2005 when I went to college. Never really got back into it, even though I've heard good things about AEW recently. I don't watch a ton of TV in general any more. If it was easy to watch on my PC, on my own schedule,...
by rujasu
3 years ago
Forum: Previews
Topic: [ZNR] Base Camp
Replies: 5
Views: 993

Re: [ZNR] Base Camp

If it entered untapped, it could be OK. Coming in tapped, it's junk.
by rujasu
3 years ago
Forum: Standard
Topic: Standard Meta Discussion
Replies: 65
Views: 22137

Re: Standard Meta Discussion

WOTC is generally more willing to ban cards after a set has been out for a year or so. Banning the latest set when they're still selling packs of it is bad for business.
by rujasu
3 years ago
Forum: Previews
Topic: [2XM] Swiftblade Vindicator and Falkenrath Aristocrat
Replies: 2
Views: 621

Re: [2XM] Swiftblade Vindicator and Falkenrath Aristocrat

Falkenrath was one of the key components of the Aristocrats archetype when it was in Standard, but it's a dollar rare now. Sure would hate to pull these two out of a $15 booster.
by rujasu
3 years ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Best Commander for a "Fires of Yavimaya" Shell?
Replies: 16
Views: 2453

Re: Best Commander for a "Fires of Yavimaya" Shell?

I have a fun Grand Warlord Radha build with Fires and other similar effects, but it's more of an elfball combo deck that just throws in the Fires effects to make for more fun/degenerate combos. The cheaper Radha would definitely make your deck more consistent, if that's what you're looking for. Mono...
by rujasu
4 years ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: March 2020 AMA
Replies: 136
Views: 17341

Re: March 2020 AMA

Hey Sheldon, what's your favorite movie?
by rujasu
4 years ago
Forum: Competitive Decks
Topic: Mono-Red Aggro
Replies: 11
Views: 4960

Re: Mono-Red Aggro

I think the Manfield/Mengucci list is pretty close to optimal, though if you're facing less control you may want to tweak it a bit (fewer Anax, more Shock , etc.) Embercleave is really good, it wins games that you wouldn't win without it, but it can also cost you a game if you have two in your hand ...
by rujasu
4 years ago
Forum: Developing Decks
Topic: Insight Tempo (THB)
Replies: 2
Views: 3487

Re: Insight Tempo (THB Standard)

Pteramander and Faerie Duelist are still legal, right? My suggestion is more of a focus on cheap creatures, counters, and protection if you want Staggering Insight to have a chance. Play more Gods Willing , more Negate (Veto is nice and all, but you're going to have bad mana even with the two-color...
by rujasu
4 years ago
Forum: Competitive Decks
Topic: Simic (UGx) Ramp
Replies: 5
Views: 3740

Re: Simic (UGx) Ramp

List: Land (28) 10 Forest 6 Island 4 Breeding Pool 4 Temple of Mystery 2 Castle Garenbrig 2 Castle Vantress Creatures (21): 2 Arboreal Grazer 1 Gilded Goose 4 Leafkin Druid 4 Hydroid Krasis 4 Risen Reef 4 Cavalier of Thorns 1 Agent of Treachery 1 End-Raze Forerunners Spells (11): 4 Growth Spiral 2 F...
by rujasu
4 years ago
Forum: Developing Decks
Topic: Abzan Autumnal Adventures
Replies: 3
Views: 3459

Re: Abzan Autumnal Adventures

Thoughts: - I don't really get the one-of planeswalkers. Ugin and Liliana have been really underwhelming in my experience. Haven't seen much of Vraska, maybe she's more powerful than she looks. Garruk is pretty good for a six-mana walker just because he can make two tokens every turn (and because th...
by rujasu
4 years ago
Forum: Developing Decks
Topic: UG Adventures
Replies: 5
Views: 3706

Re: UG Adventures

Incubation /Incongruity - haven't tested it, but the big problem is it doesn't get lands. Opt does. It costs a blue obviously, but it can help find a green source or second blue source. Turning things into 3/3 Elk Frog Lizard tokens could help, but 3/3's can actually be a bit of a problem for this ...
by rujasu
4 years ago
Forum: Developing Decks
Topic: UG Adventures
Replies: 5
Views: 3706

Re: UG Adventures

Fae of Wishes /Wish Granted only gets a noncreature spell, otherwise yeah, Hydroid Krasis would be a top choice. Not sure about Jace, Wielder of Mysteries . Temple of Mystery is awkward in this deck. You really want your lands to be untapped. I've been running with just one Temple lately, even thou...
by rujasu
4 years ago
Forum: Developing Decks
Topic: UG Adventures
Replies: 5
Views: 3706

Re: UG Adventures

So far, I am on a hot streak with this deck, it has performed well against Jeskai Fires and Golgari Adventures. The mana is pretty bad, especially with one-drops in two different colors, but everything else is good. Oko wasn't great in this deck anyway so I'm not missing him. Wish Granted generally ...
by rujasu
4 years ago
Forum: Developing Decks
Topic: UG Adventures
Replies: 5
Views: 3706

Re: UG Adventures

Post-ban:

-4 Once Upon a Time
-3 Oko

+4 Opt
+1 Questing Beast
+2 Quench

Managed to get a few wins and move into Gold, I'll keep going with it and post if it proves capable. I still think it's probably the worst Adventure deck, but it does some cool things so I'll see what happens.
by rujasu
4 years ago
Forum: Developing Decks
Topic: UG Adventures
Replies: 5
Views: 3706

UG Adventures

I dunno if this deck is good. It has been holding up in best-of-one Silver matches in Arena, but if I take the time to grind up to Diamond or Mythic, it might not hold up. But it's a tempo deck, for those of us who are into that, and you get to play with some good cards! It is probably the worst Oko...
by rujasu
4 years ago
Forum: Standard
Topic: Standard Meta Discussion
Replies: 65
Views: 22137

Re: Standard Meta Discussion

We have graduated from "wait until rotation" to "wait until emergency bans"!

For the record, I hope they do ban Golos and Field of the Dead. I think the format could be very interesting with that deck out of the way. Right now it's Tier 1: Golos and Tier 2: Everything Else.
by rujasu
4 years ago
Forum: Competitive Decks
Topic: Esper Hero
Replies: 24
Views: 6621

Re: Esper Hero

It's early, but thus far the meta is warped around Golos, Tireless Pilgrim + Field of the Dead and there's not really a good way to interact with lands right now. I don't know exactly how you beat that deck, but it's probably not with a traditional UWx control shell, and it's definitely not with Her...
by rujasu
4 years ago
Forum: Competitive Decks
Topic: Standard Cavalcade
Replies: 12
Views: 7952

Re: Standard Cavalcade

Gilded Goose just does not go with what the rest of the deck does. Once Upon a Time is fine if you pay 0 for it, but brutal if you have to pay 1G for it. I have played a lot of red decks, and trust me when I say these are not cards you play in fast red decks. And yeah, if you're adding blue, you're...
by rujasu
4 years ago
Forum: Competitive Decks
Topic: Standard Cavalcade
Replies: 12
Views: 7952

Re: Standard Cavalcade

I've been running a list similar to Austin Yost's, with 4 Gingerbrute , no Heartfire or Scampering Scorcher . It can be really explosive if you get one of the combos going, but other times it doesn't happen and you have all Raging Goblin vs. their multiple-toughness dudes, or you have no Raging Gobl...
by rujasu
4 years ago
Forum: Previews
Topic: [ELD] Revenge of Ravens - Commander's Brew
Replies: 5
Views: 1226

Re: [ELD] Revenge of Ravens - Commander's Brew

Yikes, pretty evil in limited. 1/X are neutered, everything else is much worse. Racing is almost impossible if one assume each deck is mostly similar in term of total power it can put out... Agreed, this is extremely strong defensively, and being uncommon it's something you could have multiples of....
by rujasu
4 years ago
Forum: Previews
Topic: [ELD] Faeburrow Elder (Daum)
Replies: 11
Views: 1912

Re: [ELD] Faeburrow Elder (Daum)

Love it for WUBRG EDH decks, should be solid as a mana dork in Limited, don't really see it as a Constructed card but stranger things have happened.

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